Friday, April 02, 2010

Friday, with a little pretending.

I always liked the idea of a creature that visits and reads to those who have no humans to visit and read to them.

Yes, it is pretend. Pretending matters.

Having said that,

Earlier I made "Commander Crow Runs an Airtight Ship."Which is also pretend. And was both fun and difficult to make. Things must be done in a certain order. Tiny bits must be manipulated. I have a new appreciation for people who make such things. The bubbles in the window are from another project, where I testedsponging before applying to the canvas. Sometimes the paper around my palette is a painting too. And, I'd like to go on adventures with Commander Crow.

Addendum: Please see RRNN's verse about Commander Crow in comments.

This evening I moved a box behind the storage building and discovered a rat.He looked at me and I looked at him.I wished, for a moment, that I was the sort of person who carries cheese in her pocket.But I'm not. So after another moment or two of looking at each other, the rat scurried away.

I don't think I'll ever be the type of person who carries cheese in her pockets, butif I'd had some, I would've been happy to share.

6 comments:

But...what if he's JUST the sort of rat who pretends, and he stood there looking at you - just for a moment - wishing you were the sort of person who carries cheese in her pockets...and dreaming about how he would trick you into sharing?

Pretending can be very important, because sometimes the only way to get through is to pretend until you can do something for real (eg. pretend to be brave, and end up being so). A Fairy Goodreader will hopefully end up making a trek to Australia - waiting impatiently for payday so I can buy more poppets! Its Easter Sunday here, so I hope you and your family have a lovely Easter.

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Lisa is the creator of Poppets and other art. Talented authors tend to write stories about images she makes. At Strange Studios, in Palm Springs, California, she and fellow artist Benton Warren create fantastical kinetic works. This blog is about Poppets, life in the studio and other strange goings on.